Truss



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TRUss. No. 372.014. Patented 0013.25, 1887.

llsurnn STATES ATENT rrrcn.

ANDREXV P. DAVIS, OF DALLAS, TEXAS.

TRUSS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 372,014, dated October25, 18187.

Application filed August 11, 1857. Serial No. 246,667.

' To all whom it may concern.-

. Be it known that I, ANDREW P. DAVIS, a

' citizen of the United States, residing at Dallas,

in the county of Dallas and State of Texas, haveinvcnted certain new anduseful Improvements in Trusses; and I do hereby declare the following tobe a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as willenable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and usethe same.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements intrusses; and itemsists, substantially, in such features of construction,arrangement, and combinations of parts as will hereinafter be moreparticularly described, and pointed out in the claims.

The object of the invention is to provide a body-band of a truss ofamuch simplified nature as compared with many former inventions of a likecharacter, and also of a construction to fit upon the hipbones of thewearer,whereby accidental Slipping thereof is obviated or prevented.

Further, the invention has for its object to simplify the constructionand arrangement of the parts constituting the pads of the truss, and atthe same time render them of a character by which the part or parts ofthe contents of the abdominal cavity tending to protrusion will be moreeffectually retained in their proper position than is accomplished withmany pads of prior use or knowledge.

Finally, the invention has such other objects in view as will morefullyhereinafter appear, when taken in connection with the ac companyingdrawings, wherein- Figure 1 represents a perspective view of a trussembodying my invention; and Fig. 2 in dicates abottom or plan view ofthe top of the pad, showing the construction thereof, to get-her withthe arrangement of the springs. Fig. 3 is a side view of the pad withits cup removed, by which the arrangement of the springs is more clearlyshown. Fig. 4 repre- (No modcl.)

springs contained within them; but the great yield too easily at thesides from movements of the body of the wearer, and consequently allowthe rupture to slip out ofits cavity. It is well known that the moremovable the viscus the more tendency there is to protrusion; hence Ihave concluded that to keep the same in place the yielding of the padbetween the body and its position on the'band should be in as nearly astraight or direct line as is pos sible to be had, yet at the same timeto allow of such pad yielding a sufticient extent laterally toaccommodate itself to extreme bending of the body,so as not to aggravatethe rupture. The construction and arrangement ofthe parts of the padsresorted to by me are such as to effectually accomplish the resultdesired, and, so far as I am aware, substantially differ from anythingheretofore devised for the purpose.

Reference being had to the several parts by the letters marked thereon,A represents the band, so shaped as to conform as nearly as possiblewith the shape of the body of the wearer, and preferably I constructthis band ofa piece of metal, a, rounded as shown, and designed to fitaround the abdomen, the said piece a being slightly flattened at itsends and having passed therethrough pieces of wire, b,

that are bent about centrally and have attached to their ends the strapsby which the band is secured in place around the body. The wires 12 areslightly spread apart, so that when the band is in place they act toreceive and rest upon the upper portion of the hipbone, and in this waylittle, if any, inconvenience is experienced in wearing the truss.

I may resort to other methods of fastening the wires to the ends of thefront piece, a,- but I have found everything to answer fully the purposeby having them united as I have herein shown. I

The pads are constructed of an upper part, B, and a lower hollow orcupshaped part, 0, each of the said parts being numerously perforated,as shoWn, by which a thorough ventilation is bad and the creation ofunpleasant odors from perspiration and other causes is prevented.Surrounding the inner edge of the part 0 of the pad is a flange, d, onwhich the part B rests when in place, and through which justable on thepiece a of the band and held in place thereon at any desired point bymeans of screw i. Beneath the plate B,alongside the openings 9 g, areguidesjj, in which the legs of the slide are received and worked. Theseguides also unite with'transverse loops 7c 7:, arranged or secured onthe under side of the plate.

E E each represents a Spring having their coils-surrounding the loops atopposite sides,

with one of their ends entering the legs of the slide and the otherextending over and beneath the loops oppositely in like manner. Fromthis it will be seen that the springs tend to the exertion of an equalpressure, yet at the same time any violent or extreme movement of thebody of the wearer will be met with an ample degree of yield.

- It will further be seen that by virtue of the guides for the legs ofthe slide D the movement of the pads between the body of the wearer andits position on the band will be even and direct, thereby overcoming anyliability of the same becoming displaced, and consequently retaining therupture nicely in place.

From the foregoing description it is thought my invention will bethoroughly understood; and it is evident that material departures couldbe made from the construction and arrangement of parts herein shownwithout departing from the spirit thereof.

Having thusdescribed my invention, what I 40 claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In a truss, the body-band A, consisting of a frontpiece adapted tofit around the abdomen, and a wire attached to each end of said frontpiece, shaped to conform to the body and spread apart to receive andrest upon the hip-bone, and straps secured to the opposite ends of saidwires for fastening the band in place, substantially as described.

2. In a truss, the combinatiomwith a bodyband, of the pad constructed ofthe part B, having openings ff and g g, and the part 0, having an innerflange and provided with movable keys for entering the openingsff, theslide D, adjustable on the band, having legs passing through theopenings 9 g, and the springs contained within the pad, substantially asshown and described.

3. In a truss, the con1bination,with the part B of the pad, havingopenings 9 g and formed or provided on its under side with the guidesand loops, of the slide working in said openings and guides,andspringscoiled around the loops, having one of their ends entering theslides and the other passing beneath the loops in opposite directions,the said part B having .the cup secured thereto by means of the movablekeys, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

ANDREWV P. DAVIS.

Vitnesses:

E. EVERETT ELLIs, CURTIS LAMMOND.

